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Your Next Car?!

Fancy a self drive? Described as a luxury lounge on wheels, can you see yourself getting the groceries in this in a few years? Interactive walls, requires no driver and even talks to pedestrians saying, ‘GET OUT OF THE WAY PEASANTS!’ or similar! 😉

very nice, though the passengers/driver look a bit bored. A production/direction mistake I guess. As for me I gave my car away to daughter #2 at the beginning of the year, and am very happy with UBER. 🙂
Yours truly, Bertrand…

um, don’t understand the car or the pic. you see, I’m not into techno crap, give me a donkey and wooden cart, the countryside, and my own veggies which I’m off to market to sell. I know it’s going to be a good day today…….wait……..am I talking in my head? BAD car! love you!

Anyone who knows anything about computer programming should question the safety of these vehicles — too many unpredictable variables that the car (robot) alone will not be able to account for or react to. Just my humble opinion.

It’s a nice idea though I really think we ought to be using our brain cells to develop safer alternative forms of transportation that don’t burn fossil fuels and perhaps even promote our health rather than transform us into unthinking, inactive blobs. Safer biking lanes/paths and more livable communities and neighborhoods, for example.

Yes I heard about that crash, but there’s nothing to say that human error or distraction or mucking about whilst driving might not ultimately be lessened by this technology. Plus if we’re taking unpredictable variables, there would be no better place to start than with humanoids!
Your desire for safer anything is echoed. I really don’t know why anyone feels we NEED this technology as I haven’t looked deeply into it, unless they are using my top argument, but still interesting and even if it’s just for pleasure, why not? It does not preclude anyone else from concentrating on safety issues and the like.

I have not driven since 2008! Vision problems forced me not to get a apply for a driver’s license when we moved to a new state if the U.S.A. Since I started driving at the age of 12, figured I had put enough miles under my belt over the years, anyway!

yes, my eldest just completed a degree in mechatronic engineering (robotics) and he is very keen on these things. The company where he has joined are going to trial Driverless trains. (i guess mainly to use in the mines etc)